Midnight Oil 20x20 Original Painting Ford's stars balance the energy

Ford's stars balance the energy and movement of this sleek and bustling metropolitan scene

turquoises and browns and the yellow golds that highlight a side lit sun

but not define

darkening tree branches

power and myriad complexities of the ocean with a brush and canvas in this remarkable beach-themed painting

Midnight Oil 20x20 Original Painting Ford's stars balance the energyFord Smith's Cityscape Series begins: Watch Ford Smith as he detours into the city. Which city? Any city, really, as these scenes are created solely in his mind using his near photographic memory to recall urban elements. He abstracts, orders and conceives a fantastical metropolitan perspective unlike any other. A skyscraper from Atlanta, a borough from New York, a billboard from Dallas, neon from Times Square, a tower from London a Ford Smith